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transgene

transgene noun: a gene from one species introduced into the genome of another by transgenesis.

Noun

transgene (plural transgenes)

  1. A gene from one species introduced into the genome of another by transgenesis.
    • It has created a biotechnology centred on genetic engineering that has introduced transgenes, transmitted through natural interspecies crosses, which, in turn, have allowed emergence of resistant superweeds and superpests, which, in their turn, demand the application of further chemical poisons […]2007, Will Barnes, “Climate Change and Capital”, in Mute, volume 2, number 5, →ISSN

Forms of transgene

pluraltransgenes

Origin of transgene

From trans- + gene, from 1980s.

Words formed from transgene

Questions about transgene

What does transgene mean?
Transgene means a gene from one species introduced into the genome of another by transgenesis.
What part of speech is transgene?
Transgene is a noun.
What is the plural of transgene?
The plural of transgene is transgenes.

Words near transgene in the dictionary

  1. transgenderized
  2. transgenderizes
  3. transgenderizing
  4. transgenderness
  5. transgenders
  6. transgene
  7. transgener
  8. transgenerational
  9. transgenerationality
  10. transgenerationally
  11. transgenes

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